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      1656 The Publishers' Circular Dec. 31,18...

      1656 The Publishers' Circular Dec . 31 , 1890-

      In Rnemoijiam

      In rnemoijiam

      James Croll , LL . D . The death is announced of Dr ¦» . Croll pvph of

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      V without by •/ his the own advantages ability V of and a scientific industry % l training he came ,

      scientific to occupy writers a prominent . He is position the author among of ' Climate popular and Cosmology' ' Stellar Evolution / ' The

      Philosop p ^^^^^ ^ A Plpk h y of , Theism ^ pippp ^ p . ^ ^ , ' and ' Climate *^^> . A A . and . ¦

      Time , the latter being his best known-work .

      M. Octave Fjeuillet '..4 We Are Sorry To...

      M . Octave Fjeuillet ' . . 4 We are sorry to announce that M . Octave

      died Feuillet in , Paris the popular on the novelist 29 th inst and ., in dramatist his 79 th ,

      year . The deceased writer was born at Saint-L 6 ( Manche ) , where his father was permanent

      Secretary of the Prefecture . During the last fifty years he has written a number of books

      . the and Revue plays , des which deux appeared Mondes . One the mos of his t par ea t rl in y

      in plays 1846 * Echec , broug et ht Mat him , ' per into formed note . at His the O novels de "

      Jeune are * La Homme Petite Pauvre Comtesse / ' Monsieur , ' ' Le Roman de Camors d ' un ' 4 ,

      ' Le Le Journal Voyageur d ' une ' 'La Femme Morte ' ( 1876 ' all ) , ' wri Li tten Veuve for , '

      family reading nf C , . His last p , lay r , ' Chamillac , ' was brought out at the Theatre Frangais in

      1876 . M . Octave Feuillet was elected to the seat left vacant at the Academy by the death

      of M . Scribe in 1862 . Octave Feuillet received from the Emperor Napoleon the appointment of Librarian to the Imperial Residenceswhich

      I thoug after h the pressed fall of to re the tain Emp it b ire y M , . Jules resi , Simon gned , ,

      on the ground that the post was not a political

      one , but was of a purely literary character .

      Canon Molesworth. We Regret To Record Th...

      Canon Molesworth . We regret to record the death of Canon

      inst Molesworth . at his , which residence took place at Rochdal on . the e 19 th in

      the , 74 th year of his age . He , was favourably known as a writer on historical

      tory subjec of ts , the his Reform ' History Bill of Eng ' having land y attained and * His a -

      considerable circulation .

      The Archbishop Of York. It Is With Deep ...

      The Archbishop of York . It is with deep regret that we chronicle the

      death of the Right Hon . and Most Rev . William Thomson % D . D . Archbishop of York

      which 1 , 1 occurred at , his " official , \* " 1 residence * 1 the j 1 , PalaceBishopkm thorpenear Yorkon Christ , -

      mas morn , ing * . The p ^ w ^ s vt . ' Archbishop , pp . *¦ a ^ was , in « failing _ * ^ _ health for some months before his decease

      indeed he had suffered from a painful com- , plaint for some years , but the end came

      suddenl was born y and t White unex h pectedl avenin y . Cumberland Dr . Thomson on February 11 f 1819 . His , father was a ,

      respectable tradesman , who retired on a modest competence , and became a magistrate for the

      county made h . wa In y the in first the worl part d of by his his own life industry the son mil i ¦ ———

      The Archbishop Of York. It Is With Deep ...

      and Scholarshi talents p . at Queen From ' s Shrewsbury CollegeOxford he won and a

      after shi - ™ ^^ ~— ~— ~— . ^^— ^ taking — — ¦ — ^ In ^^» ™^~ 1855 ™ ^» his ~— ^ ^^^ J ^ degree ^ he ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ was ^^^ , ^^^ he ^^^ ^^^ chosen ^^^ obtained ^^¦ " ^ ^ P ^^ V ^^^ , ^^^^ ^^ Provost ^^ ^^^ ^ a ^^ ^^^ Fellow ^^ ^^^ , ^ 9 ^¦*^ p' ^ m * ^^ B of ^ IP' ^ P - , ^ H ~™ r " —^— p m b ^ ^^^— ^ v ^^ ¦ ¦ - ^^ - ^^^ - ^ ^^^ m - ^ pr w ^ m i pv ^ p ^ ^» ^» ' ^ p ^ »^ p ^ ^ p ^ ^ p ^ pv ^^^» ^^» ^ p ^ ~^ p ^ p ^ p ^ ^ p ^ ^^^ p ^ pv

      Queen ' s , and in the same year he married . Dr . Thomson soon acquired fame as a preacher .

      His obtained * Outline great of the popularit Necessary ythe Laws Prince of Thoug Consort ht

      took an interest t-J XX in his career % / , , and just before the Prince ' s death Lord Palmerston offered

      him the vacant see of Gloucester and Bristol . He accepted the positionand within a year

      found himself X Archbishop X , of York , at the comparativel X y early age * JJof 43 . Since then his

      career is too well known to need detailed description . In 1874 the Archbishop of York

      took House charge of Lords of the thus Public assisting Worshi Mr p . Disraeli Bill in the in

      the abortive attempt , to ' put down Ritualism . ' In 1878 he moved for and procured the

      appointment of a Royal Commission i on C h urch Patronage . Dr . Thomson ' s views were those

      of a moderate Evangelical combined with a receptive capacity for the assimilation of

      scientific discovery and modern thought . Ho was an admirable speaker X , with a clear , 'Xpleasant

      voice and easy delivery . Although he did not very often take part in the debates of thePeer 3 /

      he s howed that he could hold his own in the , House of Lords , even against so redoubtable

      an antagonist as the Bishop of Peterborough . A Yorkshire audience always delighted in him .

      and he had a peculiar faculty for addresses to ,

      working men .

      I^Eview#, &Q.

      I ^ eview # , & q .

      From Messrs . Bemrose & Sons . — ' The Electric Lig ht Popularl ™ y % / ExpXT lained , ' by A . BroinleyJ

      Holmes . The title of this book sufficiently explains its purpose . It is clear and accurate , and ft . nH p contains . nntains thirty thirf . v illustrations illustrationsand anH . bp bes « t t

      comment of all , has already gone throug , , r h four editions .

      From Messrs . Charles Burnet & Co . —* Moses the Law Giver , ' by the Rev . William M . Taylor , D . D . Dr . Taylor ' s object in publishing this

      work was to J speak of the great XT lawgiver O * as he was , without magnifying his excellences or apologising for his faults' andwhile setting

      ,, him as fully as possible in the environment of his own age , to point the lessons for to-day which are so plentifully suggested by the story

      of the Hebrew Exodus . He has left questions of Egyptology and chronology for specialists , ^ and W ^ ^ m ^ ^ ^ has H ^^ V ^*^ ' conten ^^ "Ni ^ ^ ^^ ¦ " ^^ r « ^^ ted ^ " ^^ ' . jl PN tfPPl himself ** ^^ ^ m . ^^^^ T ^ F -m . ^ *^ ^^ ^ mainl ¦ M . P » * k ^ 'f ¦ ^ ^ J ¦ ^ ^ y with ^* ^^ ^ ^ * the ^» * ^ * V ^ fc ^

      exposition , defence , and application of the sacred narrative . ' The book is intended for popular readingand is written in an easy and

      agreeable style . , From Messrs . Burns & , Oates , Limited . — ' Life

      of Blessed Jolin Fisher , Bishop of Rochester , ' by the Rev . T . E . Bridgett . Bishop Fisher , so long without any adequate biography , has at

      length had justice done to his memory . The work before us is full , commendably impartial , interesting ~ 1 f fc " and at times ¦ ¦ eloquent . The ¦ author i

      ^^ ^ ^^ ^* ^^ —j — I ¦¦ ^ r- 01 * m . # ^ VB » , H ^ ' ^ ^^ ^^^ ' i ¦^ # - ^^ ^ i ^ pq p ^>«^ ^ ^^ " ~^ r ^^ «^ ^» 'J — r ^ ^^ r ^ m ^ m - ^ - ^ ^ — ^ — - ' ^ - — — ' —• ¦ »» ^ rf- ^^ claims to have * spared no pains in getting together the materials ' and to ' have sought

      accnracy above all things . ' Accuracy and industry are

      excellent qualities in a biographer , and in the .. ' . ' ' " " ' rtti ' '" ' ' ' ' '" "" "" '' " ' ' ' " i .... i . m . i . i ' '¦ * fffc „ , „ ,, „ , ,, , ^

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1890, page 1656, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121890/page/14/